2. In the years following the American Revolution and prior to the establishment of a national government , Washington provided the fledgling country with keen economic insight, _________, and astute international judgment.
a) a recognition of stability that was domestic
b) to stabilize the domestic situation
c) which was domestically stable
d) a sense of domestic stabilityAnswers: D

3. Despite the appearance of being merely pests, ants can serve a garden by eliminating other bothersome insects and ________.
a) they can aerate the soil
b) aerating the soil
c) to aerate the soil
d) that can aerate the soilAnswers: B

4. From Wrangell Island to Anchorage, Alaskan glacial formations rival those ________ and ones located in northern Canada .
a) found in Antarctica
b) which are found in Antarctica
c) finding in Antarctica
d) they find in AntarcticaAnswers: A

5. The undergirding of cars is adversely affected ________ and excessive jostling .
a) in extremely salty
b) by extreme salinity
c) which is extremely salty
d) with salt that is extremeAnswers: B

6. The red- headed clytus is a close relative of the banded ash borer and __________ considerable damage to the wood of dead and dying ash .
a) doing
b) to do
c) its
d) doesAnswers: D

7. The continued use of the soils of the Ozark region is no longer possible because of a number of factors, both natural and __________.
a) those of which are artificial
b) artificial
c) artificially
d) artificialityAnswers: B

8. The common puffin is a member of the very well -defined family of auks , including _________, guillemonts, razorbills, and the extinct greak auk .
a) those little auks
b) the auks which are little
c) little auks
d) auks that are littleAnswers: C

9. Aluminum, __________, ductile metal, is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
a) a silver
b) that is a silversmith
c) a silvery
d) that is silverAnswers: C

10. Comparing __________ with a melody by Rossini or a scherzo by Beethoven, brings into focus the difference between schools of music
a) a Jensonian nocturne
b) a nocturne which belongs to Jensen
c) a nocturne whose Jensen
d) a nocturne by JensenAnswers: D